Net Deployment Supervisor

• Be Responsible for daily and weekly planning for the net deployment team.
• Ensure all nets are offloaded before a day before and placed on the allocated net place.
• Ensure the dispatch to the lake before 08hrs.
• Assign duties to the net deployment team ensuring effective teamwork.
• Make fuel requisition for the net deployment boat a day before operations.
• Identify the right material for use in net change and net deployment (net size, pulling ropes and twine).
• Make requisitions for new nets, net mending materials and tools required
• Oversee the net change, net deployment, Bagnet removal, scrap and frame change.
• Ensure fish is not stressed during net change, bag net removal and scrap.
• Oversee the loading and offloading of nets to and from the net deployment boat respectively.
• Check the integrity of nets before deployment and net change.
• Supervise the on-water net handling activities (net change, deployment, scrap, Bagnet removal and cage frame change)
• Work with divers to inspect deployed nets and check for damage.
• Ensure no fish escape during net change, bag net removal, frame change and scrap.
• Ensure the grow out cage is well secured after frame change.
• Ensure all cages are scraped on time without damaging the nets.
• Ensure that the team check holes when pulling the bag net, fix them and report to the supervisor and line manager.
• Remove surface mortalities during net change, bag net removal and scrap.
• Confirm the net change, frame change and bag net with the line manage
• Ensure FIFO (First in First Out) principle for cage nets.

Qualifications

• Qualifications Requirements for the Feeding Supervisor are:
• Grade 12 certificate,
• Crafts Net deployer certificate preferred
• 2-3 years’ experience in net removal.
• 1-2 years’ experience deploying nets on fish cages on the lake

Must have skills

• Communication
• problem solving
• analytical

Good to have skills

• Knowledge of tools used in making and mending nets Knowledge of water safety procedures
• Knowledge of fish net repair techniques
• Technical knowledge of materials used in making nets and Working knowledge of net types and designs